Brandon Burke

If I drank regular (non-diet) colas it would be RC by a mile. Not only does it taste better than the others, they're also a significant sponsor of Little League Baseball. I mean c'mon..... Otherwise....

I couldn't agree more. Then again, I'm a considerably bigger Beach Boys fan than I am a Beatles fan so.....

This is pretty much what I was going to say......

This is on Heartbeat (in the States, anyways). I mentioned it and included a pic in my rocksteady thread. Great record. The 11-minute version of "Can I Change My Mind" rules.

5....4.....3....2.....1...... [play].

I much prefer the King Tubby school of dub (also incl. Prince Jammy, Scientist) over Scratch. Tubby was a for-real engineer. Tubby and crew did a lot more technical stuff like riding faders throughout entire songs and applying conflicting delay rates simultaneously. Scratch was a little too *kitchen sink* for me, though he's clearly a legendary figure.

I can't believe I'm saying this but....don't be afraid of the compilations. Ther reason there are so many comps in reggae is because a number of songs were only released on either 45 or 12" single. Basically, the LP that do get reissued straight up are one that were issued by the major labels like Island, etc. I know this sounds silly but, with reggae CDs you pretty much can judge a book by its cover. Especially those comps. Anything with a sunset, palm trees, and other corny shit like that is going to be awful. The good reissue labels like Heartbeat, Blood & Fire and (whoever runs) Trojan all have pretty cool artwork. These are almost without question the best labels out there. I already went through my list on the rocksteady thread so you can go back and look at that if you like. Everything on there--and I mean everything--is dynamite.

Yea, that's about the extent of anything you would call an "injury". I'm fine but definately still a little *on edge*. I'm thinking that they'll probably pay to get the bike fixed. I mean they have cameras on the sides of their busses and everything. So we can all sit back and watch it again if it comes down to it. My thoughts are that they'll pay for the repairs because a $150 payout beats the hell out of 17 news outlets going bananas with bad press. I mean "call for action"-type local news channels love that kind of shit. And I've got buddies at THE CHRONICLE too. If, on the other hand, they decide to blow me off then I'm going straight Rambo on their asses.

Yea, I'm definately doing that.

So I'm riding my bike home from work at about 4:30 today. I'm heading north on Rio Grande--in the bike lane, mind you. As soon as I pass 28th street a Capital Metro bus merges over right on top of me. My front tire got caught somehow--don't ask me how, it happened really fast and I wasn't taking notes--and the bus dragged me with it for about five feet. Not too far. Thing is, the driver didn't even notice and drove off; leaving me with broken gears and a sideways tire. I straightened the tire and rode after him with my one working gear. (Fortunately, it's a reasonable gear somewhere in the middle/high zone.) Anyways, he called a supervisor, the supervisor called the cops. About 15 people had to wait for another bus to come. I felt kinda bad for the poor folks who just wanted to get home and all of a sudden found themselves sitting there for a half hour. On the other hand.....f*ck that, man. That dude ran me off the road and broke by bike. I'll be interested in seeing how this develops. Two passengers volunteered to be witnesses and gave me their info. And I didn't even ask. The cop didn't do anything. Couldn't. Not enough monetary damage ($1,000 minimum) and no injuries so, technically, he couldn't file a report. That's fine. I'm not worried about that. I don't plan on nailing anyone to the wall here. (I couldn't afford to do that even if I wanted to.) I just want them to pay to get my bike fixed.

Sweet!

Yup.... www.turntablelab.com Go to the "CDs" section. They've got sound samples as well. Someone like you should probably be checking out Turntable Lab anyways. Their record reviews are brilliant. So funny.....

I know I mentioned it in another post but you guys should really check out my buddy Dante's Chains and Black Exhaust comp. Absolutely ridiculous.....

I don't care who wins as long as they play defense. Jesus.....

Cool. Thanks again for this information, guys.

You're right, of course. He wouldn't have been in short pants but as soon as I typed that phrase I started to chuckle so I just left it in. In the words of Virginia Woolf: "Mistakes were made...." He would have been either 25 or 26 when Zodiac came out in 1945 but, as discussed earlier, he was probably familiar with at least a few of those tunes beforehand. Herbie's first issued recording date that I know of is a couple of tunes on the Savoy comp, I Just Love Jazz Piano from 1952. Why am I bringing all of this up? Not sure. In any case, I hear you, Lon. I just think it's fun to talk about these kinds of things. That's all. Cheers, Brandon

Yes and YES!

I too believe a can can be made and already has. B) For the last time...... Aluminum can technology is not only entirely possible, it is already in use. Thanks for backing me up there, Chuck. [EDIT: Now you know why all of my posts have been edited. I'm an awful typist.]

I don't know man...... I realize that some folks have a hard time with Linda Dahl's biography on Mary Lou but it goes into some detail regarding she and Herbie's relationship. Assuming the book is accurate, it appears as though he had something of a crush on Mary. She, however, viewed herself as more of a mother/big sister figure than a potential lover. Also, Zodiac first came out in 1945, when Herbie was still in short-pants. (I can't believe I just used that phrase.) I guess I'm thinking of moments like when the rhythm kicks in on "Taurus" or pretty much the entirety of "Gemini". In any case, perhaps not "very clearly" influenced but he spent an awful lot of time at her place going over his ideas with her. And her particular kind of right hand dissonnances can be heard in Herbie's work as well, though he tends to off-set them with his heavy low-end crashes; something she wasn't necessarily doing. I hear what you're saying, Lon, and I'm certain that you've logged more hours listening to both Mary Lou and Herbie than I. Still, I think a can can be made. Already has......

Man, I didn't even notice that Quinn was on there. He's awful. His delivery is so poor--he stumbles over nearly every sentence--that it nearly always takes the steam out of whetever joke he was going to say.

There's quite a few sites like this.... * http://www.soulstrut.com/ * http://funk45.com/ ...and this is to say nothing for the grandaddy of all projects; a database of every hip hop sample ever used.... * http://www.the-breaks.com/

No. He isn't on there but, then again, Howie Mandel is appaently funnier than David Cross so.....

who Well I know it ain't me but, as it happens, I'll be up there working in the LC audio perservation lab in July and August. I'll ask around..... B)

I know who you're talking about Dan. She was very thin, had dark hair and spoke quietly like a librarian. I'll never remember her name but you're right. She was very funny. Almost like a female (and considerably less abstract) Steven Wright. Was it Rita something....?

I would like to see it but I don't have HBO. the other day, when I read that he named the special after that Bone Crusher song, I just about spit my coffee across the table. That's pretty funny, man. Generally speaking, the thing that bothers me about Chris Rock is the way that he rather self-conciously *goes there*. It's as if he's elbowing you as he's speaking just so you know that he took whatever topic he's on as far as he did. This is to say, past the level of gerenally assumed comfortability. It's like he's saying, "I'm crazy, man! I'll say it! I don't give a damn!" This is all fine and good. It's very difficult to offend me. Problem is, whenever he does this it usually doesn't result in anything terribly offensive or insightful. Just in-your-face and lacking in sublety and tact. [Tangent: I have this same problem with Mike Myers, though quite obviously in a different way. Myers makes too many mugs to the camera and goofy winces. I'm beginning to think that he's unable of doing something funny without letting the audience know that he just delivered a joke. I mean we got it, dude. It's not as if your particular sense of humor is so complex that we might miss something.] On the other side of the coin--and back to Chris Rock now--I'm under the impression that Chris is probably a really good guy and someone that I'd love to go digging for 12"es with sometime. Also, I should add that I've not seen one of his specials in a few years. The above observations are drawn from what I understand of him by seeing him on a myriad of different things (his older specials, interviews, Letterman, etc).